100 Tips for Nannies and Families

You may be hiring a nanny for the first time.  Maybe you’re even a first-time parent.  Bringing a nanny into your home can be a blessing to all involved, but, like all relationships, good communication and a shared understanding are essential.
Candi Wingate was recently interviewed by Pregnancy magazine on the subject of establishing good communication [...]

You need to arrange childcare during the summer months when your children are not in school?  Options vary based on your budget and the ages of your children.  Listed below are the most common options in most communities.
*Hiring a summer babysitter or nanny through nationally respected sources such as Care4hire.com and Nannies4hire.com.  Childcare workers available [...]

You are planning a family vacation, but you and your spouse would like one romantic evening in your destination city.  Wouldn’t having your babysitter nearby come in handy then?  Additionally, by taking the babysitter on vacation with your family, you can potentially make the vacation more relaxing for the family.�
When planning to take your babysitter [...]

Your nanny is planning to go to college when your youngest child no longer needs a nanny.  Should you help your nanny establish a college fund?  Some employer-families do so, but some do not.
Your nanny has tendered her resignation.  For all the years that she has worked in your family, she has always driven the [...]

U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama recently announced the inception of her “Let’s Move” campaign, which addresses the epidemic of childhood obesity in the United States.  According to the “Let’s Move” website, “Childhood obesity or excess weight threatens the healthy future of one third of American children.  …  Obesity rates tripled in the past 30 years, [...]

Let’s be honest:  of course you do.  Every parent, at one time or another, yells at their kids.  The issue isn’t whether you yell at your kids.  The issues are how often you yell at your kids, why you yell at your kids, what do you say when you’re yelling at your kids, and do [...]

The use of nanny cams (hidden cameras) is controversial.  Some people think nanny cams are a sound way for parents to keep tabs on their children and ensure that their nanny is handling their children in a manner that is consistent with parental expectations.  Other people think nanny cams are an invasion of privacy.  What [...]

According to The New York Times, a clear communication of expectations is important in the workplace . . . no matter where that workplace is.
Many working parents with nannies are supervisors at their jobs.  As supervisors, they know that they need to specify expectations for their employees . . . and when those expectations are [...]

When deciding whether to hire a nanny to care for their children, American families now have a new statistic to consider: how much time their children spend plugged into media.  Children with a nanny are less plugged into computers, iPods and video games than the national average. A recent study by the Kaiser Family Foundation [...]

When is it time to begin teaching manners to your child?  By what method should manners be taught?  In what order should manners be taught?  These and many other questions will be discussed in this blog.
The best way to teach manners is for the parents and others in the child’s environment to exhibit those manners [...]